| Lehman—Fiction (Judge: Anne McCarthy, Penn State) |
Nichols—Fiction (Judge: Robert Alderman, Penn State) |
| 1. Andrew Swiatek, “The Life of the Earth” | 1. Brayden Ford, “Alistair White and the Girl Who Wasn’t There” |
| 2. *James Anthony, “Six Hundred and Twenty-Four Acres” |
2. Kelly Jedrzejewski, “Ships in the Night” |
| 3. Abigail Kennedy, “Fair Trade” | 3. Madeline DeLuca, “Clothes for Protection” |
| Lehman—NON Fiction (Judge: Jennifer Hirt, Penn State, Harrisburg) | Nichols—NON Fiction (Judge: Jennifer Hirt, Penn State, Harrisburg) |
| 1. Angela Roman, “Reverberations” | 1. Samantha Bixler, “How to Grow Up” |
| 2. Abigail Houston, “Natural” | 2. Julia Martin, “What Kind of Music Do You Listen To?” |
| 3. Nathaniel Sutherland, “A Place of Vast Repute for Blessed Power” |
3. Julia Silver, “On OCD, and Index” |
| Lehman—Poetry (Judge: Emily Grosholtz, Penn State) |
| 1. Molly Brennan, “Room 104” |
| 2. Makensi Ceriani, “When I Had Long Hair” |
| 3. Danielle Fruehan, “Siamese Fighting Fish” |
| Cranage—Poetry (Judge: Katie Bode-Lang, Penn State) |
| 1. William Fitzgerald, “Keystone” |
| 2. Nakul Grover, “Standing in Grandma’s Garden” and “Temple on the Hill” |
| 3. Danielle Fruehan, “Learning to Sew” |
| 4. Melissa Bradley, “I was meaning to tell you” |
| Mihelcic—Poetry (Judge: Emily Grosholtz, Penn State) |
| 1. Kate Wright, “Fishtail” |
| 2. Erin Servey, “Asheville” |
| 3. Elizabeth Catchmark, “Surplus” |
| 4. Andrew Slavinsky, “Boards and Screws” |
2017 GRADUATE AWARDS
AAP/Steinberg:
Winner: Makensi Ceriani, “When I Had Long, Dark Hair”
Runner up: Caitlin Wolper, “Cherry Springs State Park”
(Judge: Jeff Gundy, professor of English, Bluffton University, Ohio)
Toby Thompson Prize:
Lauren Parrott, “Her”
(Judges: Robin Becker and James Brasfield, Penn State)